Horseshoe-pad.



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HORSESHOE PAD.

APPLICATION FILEDDEO. 2, 1911v 1,075,1 99. Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

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DANIEL CRUICE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO JACOB M. EHRLICH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Application filed December 2, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL Gimme, a cit-izen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoe- Pads, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to a horse shoe pad especially adapted to have attached thereto, whenever occasion requires, anti-slip chains or other suitable anti-slip ground-contacting members.

One form which my pad is adapted to take is shown in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure l is an underneath plan view of a horse shoe pad equipped with anti-slip chains within my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical section partly in elevation on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 3 is another vertical section partly in elevation on the line 33 in Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows; and Fig. 4 is a detail view of a modified form of bar intended to be used for a substitute for the bar 3 previously described.

The pad of the drawings comprises a sole 1 having a heel 2 connected therewith. Ordinarily, the sole and heel will be vulcanized or otherwise integrally united. The sole may be made of any usual or desired materials such as leather, fabric, fiber or composition. Similarly, the heel will ordinarily be made of rubber or a similar composition.

3 designates metal bars secured by rivets at on the underside of the sole. The pad shown has three of these bars in parallelism but the number is not essential although a plurality will ordinarily be used since it is by these bars that the anti-slip chains are secured to the pad.

The heel 2 has grooves 5 formed in its upper surface to receive into them the bars 3. When the heel is vulcanized or otherwise united to the sole, the net effect is that the bars 3 extend through the heel portion of the pad with their free ends projecting. The free ends of each bar are integrally formed with hooks 6 and spring tongues 7 cooperating with the hooks to normally obstruct the openings to said hooks.

8 designates chains for which other ground-contacting anti-slip members can be Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Got. '7, 1913.

Serial No. 663,623.

substituted, these being located on the underside of the heel of the pad and being adapted to connect by their end links with the hooks 6, and being prevented from becoming accidentally disengaged from the hooks by the described co-acting spring tongues 7. In other words, to engage the end links of the anti-slip member with the hooks 6, it is necessary first to press the spring tongues 7 out of obstructing position into which they immediately return when the links are fully engaged with the hooks. The underside of the heel 2 is provided with grooves 9 wherein the anti-slip members lie in their described operating position on the pad. To prevent the material of the heel from being unduly abraded by the chains, it is desirable to line the grooves 9 with leather 10, or other suitable protective material.

The anti-slip members of the described pad are quickly attached and vice versa removed to suit the weather conditions, and when attached are permanently and properly held. The fact that the fastening means for each anti-slip member are located on a metal bar mounted in the pad, gives the necessary rigid attachment to effectuallji secure said anti-slip members to the pa The modified bar consists of two pieces instead of one, namely of a suitably thick metal strip 11 having its ends bent in the form of hooks 12; and further consists of a strip of spring metal 13 secured by rivets 14 to the underside of the strip 11. The strip of spring metal 13 is long enough so that its ends underlie the open sides of the hooks 12 and preferably project sutliciently beyond so that the operator can press the link of the chain against the projecting end of the strip 13 to press the spring tongue away from the hook 12 sufliciently to permit the link to enter the opening of the hook, whereupon said end of the strip 13 springs back into its normal position and retains the link against accidental disengagement from the hook. It will be understood that the modified form of bar may be employed instead of the bar 3 and in the same relation. Finally, the same rivets 14 which hold the two parts of the modified bar together may also be used to rivet the bar to the sole l,in short, to function like the rivets 4 in Fig. 2.

l/Vhat I claim isi 1. A horse shoe pad comprising a sole, a bar secured to the sole having releasable fastening means at its ends, a heel pad on the underside of the sole below the bar, and a ground-contacting anti-slip member on the underside of the heel pad connecting with said releasable fastening means.

2. A horse shoe pad comprising the combination of a sole, a bar secured to the sole having releasable fastening means at its ends, a heel pad on the underside of the sole below the bar, and a chain on the underside of the heel pad connecting with said releasable fastening means.

3. A horse shoe pad comprising the combination of a connected sole and heel, a bar extending through the heel of the pad provided with fastening means at its ends, and a ground-contacting anti-slip member on the underside of the heel connecting with said fastening means.

4. A horse shoe pad comprising the combination of a connected sole and heel, a bar extending through the heel provided with fastening means at its ends, consisting of hooks and spring tongues cooperating therewith to normally obstruct the opening into the hooks, and a ground-contacting antislip member on the underside of the heel of the pad having links at its ends connecting with said hooks. I

5. A horseshoe pad comprising a connected sole and heel, releasable fastening means carried by the sole on opposite sides of the pad, and an anti-slip member extending across and underneath the pad and secured at its ends to the respective fastening means.

6. A. horseshoe pad comprising a connected sole and heel, releasable fastening means carried by the sole on opposite sides of the pad, and a chain extending across and underneath the pad and secured at its ends to the respective fastening means.

7. A horseshoe pad comprising a connected sole and heel, two releasable chainfastening members carried by the sole respectively in front and rear of the pad, and a chain extending across and underneath the pad and secured at its ends to the respective fastening means.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL CRUICE.

Witnesses:

E. V. SCHERR, Jr., JACOB M. EHRLIOH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

